Research Interests

  • Broad: syntax and its interfaces, syntax-prosody, morphology, fieldwork, endangered languages
  • Narrow: locality domains in syntax-PF, prosodic resolution of attachment ambiguities, multi-verb constructions (converbs, SVCs), nonsententials (fragment answers)
  • Languages: Altaic (Manchu, Mongolian, Korean), Formosan (Atayal), Muskogean (Alabama)

About Me

Hello! I am a first-year PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. I am advised by Jonathan Bobaljik and Tanya Bondarenko. I am a member of the WOLF Lab and PhonLab at Harvard. My research is primarily in syntax and its interfaces, and I am particularly interested in the various morphosyntactic phenomena occurring in the verbal domain and their interactions with other components of the grammar — such as prosody. I received my BA in Language Science from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 2022.

As a firm believer in the importance of linguistic diversity in carrying out language-related research, I pursue my research interests through conducting linguistic elicitations and fieldwork with speakers of under-described and endangered languages (see Projects). With the hopes of giving back to the linguistic communities I work with, I also collaborate with speakers of endangered languages in documenting their languages to encourage preservation, and producing pedagogical resources to encourage further transmission.

When I am not doing linguistics, I enjoy going on long-distance walks, checking out local bubble tea shops (or making my own), and watching Korean dramas. I also enjoy traveling and have been to Taiwan on numerous occasions.

Recent News

  • 3/23-3/24: I gave a talk on my work in Uyghur morphosyntax at Tu+9 (handout)
  • 4/26-4/28: I gave a talk on my work on the syntax-semantics of fragment answers at CLS60 (handout)
  • 5/31-6/21: I will be traveling with the WOLF Lab to the Alabama-Coushatta reservation in Texas for a fieldwork expedition

Me, middle, visiting an Atayal restaurant in Wulai District, Taipei, Taiwan (March 2019)